Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Milica Matić

Milica Matić

* 1949

Croatia

High school graduation photo

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Augustín Maťovčík

* 1937

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Ondrej Mazan

* 1940

Hungary, National minorities, Repatriated, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW

Branislav in his graduation year

Branislav Medvecký

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ján Medviď during recording in 2023

Ján Medviď

* 1946

Poland, Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 11 more anniversaries

Vera Meisels

Vera Meisels

* 1936

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945

Period photograph

Stanislava Melečková, rod. Kopálová

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Israel/Palestine

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jozef Melek - photo from school times (1948)

Jozef Melek

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Photo from youth

Emil Melioris

* 1931

Anti-communist rebel

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

sr. Petra Mendrošová - vintage photo (50´s)

Petra Mendrošová

* 1933

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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